Rescued Pelican receives physical by zoo veterinarians
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Channel: Chicago Tribune · 2010 · Pets & Animals
A pelican receives a medical examination and blood work at Brookfield Zoo's animal hospital, Wednesday, July 21, 2010. Brookfield Zoo is one of four zoos that are receiving rehabilitated white pelicans from Jackson Zoo. Five birds, rescued from the Mississippi Canyon area off the coast of Louisiana, had sustained wing injuries prior to the oil spill that prevented them from migrating this past spring to their northern breeding range.
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